Thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers. II. Polymers with amino acid fragments in the side chains

The comblike polymers, poly(Nε‐methacryloyl‐Nα‐acyl) derivatives of L‐lysine, which contain amino acid fragments and long sequences of methylene groups in the side chain, were synthesized. This article, which is based on x‐ray data, differential thermal analysis, and optical microscopy, describes the structure of these polymers and their properties. It also shows that the combination of anisodiametric side groups with a “rigid” matrix of main chains leads to a liquid crystalline structure of examined polymers.